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The quality of being chuffy.
Fat or puffed out in the cheeks.
Rough; clownish; surly.
The fragrant flowers of the Chloranthus inconspicuus, used in China for perfuming tea.
A roommate, especially in a college or university; an old and intimate friend.
To occupy a chamber with another; as, to chum together at college.
Chopped pieces of fish used as bait.
of Chum
of Chum
A short, thick, heavy piece of wood.
Quicklime; also, plaster or mortar.
A short, thick piece of anything.
Short and thick.
A building set apart for Christian worship.
A Jewish or heathen temple.
A formally organized body of Christian believers worshiping together.
A body of Christian believers, holding the same creed, observing the same rites, and acknowledging the same ecclesiastical authority; a denomination; as, the Roman Catholic church; the Presbyterian church.
The collective body of Christians.
Any body of worshipers; as, the Jewish church; the church of Brahm.
The aggregate of religious influences in a community; ecclesiastical influence, authority, etc.; as, to array the power of the church against some moral evil.